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Day of Practice

Saturday, October 26th

A Smile in The Heart:
The Art of Dwelling in
Contentment and Gratitude

with Martin Aylward

7-10am PT / 10am-1pm ET / 3-6pm BST / 4-7pm CEST

Learn to see through doubt and deficiency, to let go of struggle, and to open your heart to appreciation and wonder

In a world that seems to relentlessly promote doing, getting and becoming ‘more’, the heart-treasures of contentment and gratitude, appreciation and ease, can seem elusive.

But to live freely is to live contentedly, without the friction of the restless need for more, and the painful sense of not having enough, not doing enough, not being enough.

In this Day of Practice with Sangha Live’s founding teacher Martin Aylward, we will explore these qualities, and uncover the unconscious pressures that drive us away from contentment and gratitude.

Martin will lead us in 3 hours of guided meditation and inquiry, teachings and discussion, as we go gently and deeply together through the territory of anxious feelings of deficiency and inadequacy, into the sunlit open field of relaxation, contentment and ease.

Together we’ll explore:

  • The inherited pressures of family expectations
  • The conditioned pressures of a consumerist/achiever culture
  • The self-imposed pressures of the attempt to ‘be someone’

What is Day of Practice?

Sangha Live’s 3-hour, LIVE Day of Practice allows for you to drop in deeper, develop your meditation skills, and reset your intentions through sustained sitting.

Days of Practice includes longer periods of meditation, interspersed with wise teachings, an interactive Q&A with our teacher, and more.

Replay access will be available to all registrants within 48 hours of the live session.

How is Day of Practice different from Sangha Live’s Daily/Sunday classes?

Our shorter Daily Meditation (60 mins) and Sunday Sangha (90 mins) programs emphasize dharma teachings, while our longer Days of Practice (3 hours) emphasize development of meditation practice.

Daily practice is crucial for watering seeds of mindfulness, but extended periods of deep attention such as these, away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, can be uniquely fruitful.

Cost

Day of Practice is offered on a sliding scale basis, with a suggested rate of $35. We wholeheartedly welcome all to practice with us; no one turned away for lack of funds.

Questions?

Please email us at info@sangha.live.

About Martin Aylward

photo of Martin Aylward smiling

Martin Aylward is the founding teacher of Sangha Live. After spending his early adult years in Asian monasteries and with Himalayan hermits, Martin settled in Southern France with his wife Gail and their 2 children, co-founding the Moulin de Chaves retreat centre where he lives and teaches.

Martin teaches meditation, guides students and leads retreats internationally, emphasising the integration of the deepest wisdom teachings into the midst of the lives we live. He is also a director of the Mindfulness Training Institute. Martin’s book Awake Where You Are: The Art of Embodied Awareness (2021) is now available via Wisdom Publications. Click here to learn more about Martin Aylward.

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